Market Update Blog

November 19, 2020

Since the presidential election two weeks ago, the financial markets have stabilized and are steadily moving in a positive direction. Post election, the stock market has been on the rise over the past two weeks as Pfizer, Moderna, and BioNTech…

November 12, 2020

Slatt Capital would like to transparently provide a summary of Average Interest Rates and Loan-To-Value (LTV) ratios across the different property and lender types. This information is based on financing quotes received in the last 60 days, across all Slatt Capital offices:

November 5, 2020

Lots of digital ink is spilled nowadays on what the Federal Reserve may do with interest rates. Historically, the Fed Funds target at 0% is of course an all-time low, and the corresponding “risk-free” 10-year US Treasury Constant Maturity bottomed…

October 29, 2020

The financial markets have been quite volatile this week with the Dow Jones average dropping over 1,600 points between Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday with a 139.16 bounce today. A rally in bond yields has taken hold this week with the…

October 22, 2020

In an effort to keep our customers up to date with current market trends, the following is a Q4 update for each sector of the lending market. Insurance Companies As we advance through the 4th quarter of 2020, most insurance companies…

October 15, 2020

Yesterday the MBA released their results on their survey of commercial/multifamily mortgage origination firms conducted in the first week of October 2020. Our top highlights for this survey are: Borrower demand in the “very strong” category increased 4x from the…